{"id":60200,"date":"2015-03-08T16:48:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T20:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/state-high-court-upholds-massachusetts-ban-on-stun-guns\/"},"modified":"2015-03-08T16:48:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T20:48:19","slug":"state-high-court-upholds-massachusetts-ban-on-stun-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/second-amendment-2\/state-high-court-upholds-massachusetts-ban-on-stun-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"State high court upholds Massachusetts' ban on stun guns"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON (AP) - The state's highest court has ruled that Massachusetts' ban on the possession of stun guns does not violate the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. <\/p>\n

The Supreme Judicial Court, in a unanimous decision on Monday, upheld the 2011 conviction of Jamie Caetano in Ashland. Police investigating a shoplifting report found the stun gun in the woman's purse. <\/p>\n

Caetano told police she carried the weapon as self-defense against an abusive former boyfriend and argued in her appeal that she had a constitutional right to carry it. <\/p>\n

The justices disagreed, saying a stun gun - which can administer incapacitating electrical shocks - is not the type of weapon that is subject to Second Amendment protection. <\/p>\n

The court said it was up to the state Legislature to determine if they should be legal in Massachusetts. <\/p>\n

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